What am I suppose to extract that bz2 thing with? Xarchive pupzip says
...: No wrapper found for archive /mnt/home/Texts-etc/roar-ng-howto.pdf.bz2
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not an ideal solution though

As of the initrd skeleton in roar-ng-003, the only possible SAVE_FILE_FS is ext2. As you'd know, easy enough to also allow reiserfs, while only calling busybox built-ins in initrd, by changing the case of the force parameter in initrd/sbin/create_save_file (already implemented in my 32-bit build, don't ask me why, there's no reason, really - just one of the things I try to do with save-files, be it subito or puppy ........).
Of course, since rootfs.sfs is already mounted at this point, it would, self-evidently, be relatively easy to include any other FS available (provided mkfs.whatever exists) as a SAVE_FILE_FS choice - with minor tinkering, thus catering to e.g. the ext3/4 crowd ......

Any thoughts on this? Or are you going the route of save-partitions?

Myself, I like both save-files and save-partitions, depending on where and why.

I changed the save files mechanism a 'lil bit. In roar-ng 003, you need to specify a home partition (e.g home=sdb1) and a save file is created automatically.

In 004 (which will be uploaded this weekend, hopefully), there's another parameter - "boot_mode", which can be either "live" or "frugal", with a future "full" option. "Live" means a live session (the default), "frugal" means a save file located under the "home partition" and "full" means an entire partition instead of a save file.

Regarding the save files file system - it can be anything, as long as you can create it from the initramfs. I think I could change this so save files are created at shutdown (so you don't have to put big packages in the initramfs) ... any thoughts? _________________My homepageMy GitHub profile

Subito being based on Slackware repository?
and Slax like OS also using Slackware repository
I come to think of Porteus OS or Nimblex or CDLinux
or .... They all of them allow for slax.dat save files
and them work on same partition that one boot from.

Easy to handle even by noobs like Nooby they work even
for live and frugal so that would be something I live. But you are the Boss!
Porteus OS http://porteus.org/

I would delete some of the (hd0,1) one would not need all of them
But this is the code they gave me in their forum for the latest RC1 .

changes=/mnt/sda2/porteus12rc.dat sda2 being the only partition I use
for Linux. The OS itself has a program that make such dat files but
seems it has a bug in it??? Older Slax had already made slax.dat files
that one could extract ready made._________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

That is how it works for a standard full install Linux and not a Live CD or
a Live or Frugal install of Puppy or Subito?

There are "well established" protocol for setting up a restricted
"Live Session User" in Linux? And Puppy and maybe Subito
change that protocol for allowing creating a save file which
the standard protocol most likely don't allow for a "Live Session User"
in Linux?

Another way to say this is that The Dev decide what protocol to use. _________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though